Can Employers Silence Employees Who Talk About Discrimination?
One of the most common questions we get from people who have experienced sexual harassment and discrimination is some version of this: Will I have to sign an NDA if I report what I'm experiencing? Can they silence me or sue me if I talk about my experience? HR said I can't talk about what happened to me - is that true? These questions speak to a rhetoric of abuse that is pervasive in culture. That rhetoric says it is not the abuser who is aggressive, but the person who talks
